To keep and bear arms. To be tried by a jury of one’s peers. To be secure against unlawful search and seizure. To party. The list of rights which are seen as universal and inalienable has been in flux since Locke and his contemporaries first hammered out the concept in the 17th and 18th centuries. This year, a number of ballot initiatives seek to make additions to Colorado’s own unique list of rights.
Colorado’s November ballot is almost finalized. As of today, ten initiatives are set to bulk up the ballots Coloradans will cast this fall. While those initiatives might look like unrelated efforts by groups of concerned citizens, in reality most of them have been sponsored and funded by billionaire-backed right-wing organization Advance Colorado, which specializes in using Colorado’s ballot process to change state laws in ways the Democratic-majority legislature would not. Soon, they will start the process of trying to trick voters into supporting them.
